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Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education Services. – 1994
This curriculum guide, developed in North Carolina, is designed to help teachers guide students in making informed choices for their interaction with children throughout life. The course teaches students about the obligations and responsibilities of being caregivers and emphasizes the impact of adults on children's lives. While preparing for…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care Occupations, Child Development, Child Rearing
Musatti, Tullia – 1993
This paper examines child care quality and the effects of in-home and out-of-home child care on children's quality of life, focusing on the results of a 1992 study of child care in northern and central Italy. The study surveyed the parents of 2,158 toddlers cared for exclusively in the home and 2,346 toddlers attending public day care centers. It…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects
Lange, Renee T. – 1995
As a practicum project, a developmentally appropriate training model was designed and implemented in a day care facility with 6 staff members, serving 40 children. Following documentation of the problem areas that inhibited application of developmentally appropriate practices in the particular day care setting, appropriate actions were…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs, Classroom Environment, Day Care
Smith, Anne B. – 1996
This study examined the "educare" experiences of infants and toddlers in New Zealand child care centers to evaluate whether those experiences provided opportunities for learning. Subjects were 200 under-2-year-old children (99 boys and 101 girls) from 100 childcare centers, 2 children from each center. Subjects were each observed for 80…
Descriptors: Attention, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Cognitive Development
de Toledo, Sylvie; Brown, Deborah Edler – 1995
Noting the increasing numbers of grandparents who have taken on the role of parenting their grandchildren, short- or long-term, this manual addresses the themes and problems that are the most central to grandparents who are raising grandchildren, including drastic life changes, parenting issues, frustration, and legal problems. The book is divided…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Neglect
Torkington, Kate – 1995
Intended as a resource for both trainers and trainees in early childhood development and education, and based on the principles of active learning and participatory training, this five-part training pack encourages the incorporation of active learning materials in training and invites cooperation in adapting participatory training materials to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Caregiver Training, Cultural Awareness
National Black Child Development Inst., Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
A needs assessment was conducted to determine the needs of the Seattle (Washington) community for child care for African-American children. There were 40,194 licensed child-care slots in King County, Seattle's county, in 1990, but it was estimated that 75,000 children needed child-care services. Almost half probably needed child-care subsidies,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Children
Gonzalez-Mena, Janet – 1991
This book provides practical information and advice designed to help family day care providers solve problems they confront in their daily work with children. The book is organized into 7 sections. Part I, "Effective Ways to Change Unacceptable Behavior," offers recommendations about discipline, alternatives to punishment, modeling, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Caregivers, Cooperation, Coping
Sweigman, Lou – 1994
A training program was implemented for teachers to increase the quality and quantity of developmentally appropriate multicultural education for 2-year-olds at a child care center in which the children and teachers were predominantly Euro-American. The 10-week training program used readings, videos, discussions, and guided imagery to: (1) raise…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Caregivers, Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness
Grossman, Barry G. – 1995
The Middle Childhood HOME (MC-HOME) Inventory is designed to measure the quality and quantity of stimulation and support available to a child in the home environment. It is an interview/questionnaire that is individually administered to the primary caregiver while the target child is awake and present. The instrument is intended to be a sensitive…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Blacks, Child Caregivers, Children
Medina, Muriel; And Others – 1994
This guide is designed to be used by Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA)--New York State tutors providing services to Youth Division Aides (YDAs) of the New York State Division for Youth. (YDAs supervise youth living in the state residential care system.) It describes ways in which tutors can build on the learning that takes place during…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers
Fiene, Richard – 1992
This report presents data collected in a pilot study of 55 day care programs in 14 states by the National Child Care Association. Information was gathered through: (1) day care center self-evaluations; (2) surveys of staff, parents, and children; and (3) on-site visits. The first of the report's two sections presents data from the self-evaluations…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Annual Reports, Child Caregivers, Child Health
Hauser, Mary E., Ed.; Jipson, Janice A., Ed. – 1998
Through personal narrative and scholarly reflection, this book examines the foundations of early childhood education, contemporary curricular and pedagogical practice in early childhood education, and critical issues affecting the multiple worlds of childhood. Essays by individual contributors are linked by contributors' conversations. An…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Day Care
Klingler, Susan S. – 1992
This practicum focused on the improvement of parent/caregiver relationships with approximately 65 children (ages birth through age 3) prenatally exposed to drugs or alcohol. The project utilized six Infant Development Instructors and local health support services. The 8-month program implementation involved Infant Development Instructor training,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alcohol Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Spodek, Bernard, Ed.; Saracho, Olivia N., Ed. – 1992
Noting that the provision of child care services has become an increasingly important part of early childhood education, this volume addresses issues associated with the increased acceptance and use of child care by American families and the way that child care is provided in the United States. The 11 chapters on child care issues are: (1)…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects
